States' Attitudes Towards Speed Limits: News Summary

This list gives a quick overview of what is happening in the
states in terms of speed limits.
Only states with something happening within the last 6 months are listed.
Click on the state's name for more detailed information If you know of anymore up-to-date
information please let me know at kevinatk@home.com,
or by using this form.

For more detailed information on all the states please see the
detailed list.
For a general summary of States' Attitudes Towards Speed Limits
in chart form see the summary version.

A Bill to raise the Speed limit to
70 mph (from 65) on interstates and 65 on other 4 lane
(from 55) passed the House and Sent and the Governor has
signed it into law. Speed limits started to go up after
the forth of July and were all up by the middle of
August.

The Governor has decided to sign the
speed limit bill in spite if not getting enough money for
troupers. Speed limit to 70 mph on rural freeways, 65 on
urban ones and 65 mph on other divided highways. Speed
limits started going up on Tuesday, June 24.

The legislature has adjourned
without passing a speed limit increase. The Senate passed
two bills but they both died in the House Transportation
Committee. One bill would have raised the rural
interstate limit to 75; another would have repealed speed
limits and let the transportation department set whatever
limits are deemed safe.

Cites now have the option of
increasing the speed limits for urban interstates from 55
to 70 mph under a new law signed into law. Some speed
limits in the Houston area will be increased this fall.The bill which would have lowered speed limits from
70 to 60 on some 2 lane roads was defeated.

Two bills have been introduced that will raise the speed limit.
One will raise the limit to 75 on interstates 65 on other freeways and 60
on other divided highways. The other will give VDOT the authority to raise speed limits.

Special thanks to the National Coalition for the Abolition of Speed Limits (NCASL)
and the National Motorist Association (NMA) for providing a lot of this info.
The NCASL is a newly formed group that advocates the
abolition of all speed limits except in large cities, business districts, and residential areas.
For more information see there web page at
http://www.missouri.edu/~c669885/ncasl/
The NMA is the only real drivers rights organization
in North America. They are the ones that got the NMSL repealed
in the first place. For more information see there web page at
http://www.motorists.com/
or contact them at 608/849-6000; nma@motorists.com;
or 6678 Pertzborn Road, Dane, Wisconsin 53529.

All of the information in this chart comes from official or semi-official
sources.

some of the sources for the post-NMSL data:
NCASL
NMA
AAA
"A state-by-state look at speed limits" by the associated
press, USA Today Online
"DOA States" by Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety
(http://www.saferoads.org/press/95/strisk/table2.html)